Research Article
Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Generation in Bangladesh: Possible Scenarios to Generate Renewable Electricity in Dhaka and Chittagong City
Table 7
WtE analysis parameter adopted for this study.
| | Parameter | Value |
| | MSW incineration | |
| | LHV of MSW | | | Ultimate analysis | 6320 MJ/tMSW (Dhaka) | | 8440 MJ/tMSW (Chittagong) | | Compositional analysis | 710 MJ/tMSW (Dhaka) | | 1060 MJ/tMSW (Chittagong) |
| | Heat recovery efficiency | 80% |
| | Electricity generation rate | 1 MWh/15.65 GJ |
| | Operating time | 24 hours |
| | Landfill | |
| | CH4 emissions | 0.024 tCH4/tMSW (Dhaka) | | 0.023 tCH4/tMSW (Chittagong) |
| | Methane GWP | 34 |
| | CO2 emission factor | 0.827 tCO2 equ./tMSW (Dhaka) | | 0.791 tCO2 equ./tMSW (Chittagong) |
| | CH4 volume conversion factor | 667 m3/ton of CH4 |
| | Calorific value of CH4 | 17 MJ/m3 |
| | Electricity generation factor | 0.2775 KWh/MJ |
| | Environmental and economic factor | |
| | CO2 emission factor for electricity | 1.001 kg CO2/KWh electricity |
| | Carbon sequestered in forest area | 1.22 ton of CO2 sequestered per year/1 acre of forest |
| | Carbon credit revenue | 15.2/ton of CO2 |
| | Electricity sales revenue | 0.13/KWh of electricity consumed at the residential sector |
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